Stacy on how the Tea Party movement may turn Alabama into an even redder red state:
A native of Trinidad who came to the United States with his parents when he was 8, Phillip could become the first black Republican elected to Congress from the Deep South since Reconstruction. His message of American exceptionalism and limited government draws enthusiastic applause at Tea Party events and has earned the endorsement of Mike Huckabee.
As with Barber’s primary contest with Roby in the 2nd District, however, Phillip finds himself contending against the GOP establishment. The NRCC is pledged to support Griffith, as a spokesman for the campaign committee explained last month: “Parker Griffith is now a member of the Republican conference, and by definition the NRCC is the political arm of the House political conference. He is in effect a member of the NRCC.”
Campaigns by political newcomers like Barber and Phillip show how energized Alabama Republicans are in 2010, according to the state party’s executive director. “We’ve got so many people who have never run for office before,” Ross said. “They’re saying, ‘I’ve got to step up and do my part.'”
Odom is also stepping up to do his part as a Tea Party activist. The 47-year-old Dothan trucker explained that, before being inspired by Fox News host Glenn Beck to join the movement, he hadn’t considered himself responsible for the failures of government.
Charles Johnson called to tell me that it is racist of Stacy to want black candidates in Alabama to run and win as part of the Party of Lincoln. When asked how that could be racist, he replied, “well—it’s complicated.”
I’m sure it is.
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Good luck with all that…only 5% of the white males in Alabama voted for Obama.
Ponce:
Difficult as it is for many people to grasp, there is a lot more to this President than the color of his skin.
I’d really like you people to try to understand that, because tough as the concept is, it is the doorway through which you can walk to achieve a while new perspective. You might eventually realize that there is a whole lot more to every human being than the color of his or her skin.
only 5% of the white males in Alabama voted for Obama
And 95% of blacks in the USofA voted for Obama. Go ahead, draw a conclusion. I dare you.